One east-central Africa is home to its first billionaire and the 28th richest man in Africa despite once being a refugee. Sudhir Ruparelia is Uganda’s richest person and according to Forbes ...

UK billionaires also saw their wealth increase by around £35m a day to £182bn ... “Huge sums of money could be raised to tackle inequality here in the UK and overseas and provide crucial investment ...

The West has bigger questions about where it gets its information and who validates it. Meanwhile, we need to cool it — Musk is not the first billionaire to play politician.